Early morning skies lay clear and open; late this afternoon they dampened down to a light grey haze. Rain seems likely, even probable. We're huddled under the curved glass ceiling of a cloud-filled heaven.
Frances spotted oyster mushrooms on several poplar trees earlier this week during one of our walks. We've been eating wild mushrooms in abundance since then. Delicious!
Tonight's TCC practice skipped from a movement at the beginning of the form to a movement at the end, then back to another movement from the beginning, followed by another movement from the end. I worked my way gradually from each end to the center. It was delightful to alter the form in this way, to discover which movements meshed side-to-side when taken out of the context of #1-20.
After many years of practicing T'ai Chi Chih it's effortless to move from beginning to end and back. Still, there was an element of mystery in the resultant development of the form. I enjoyed varying the traditional front-to-back practice and shattering expectations about what to feel or how to move next. It's freeing to step beyond habit and explore new variations.
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